Beer truck crash: A tractor-trailer loaded with cases of beer jackknifed on I-481 South between Northern Boulevard and Route 298 at 1:47 p.m. according to the county 911 center.

The cases need to be unloaded by hand, so the cleanup will take awhile, said Josh Ribakove, state Department of Transportation spokesman. He predicted the left lane of 481 will be closed into the night along that stretch.

At 2:35 p.m., an out-of-service Centro bus traveling westbound in the 1100 block of James Street swerved to avoid a car and hit a utility pole, breaking the pole. The driver was the only one aboard the bus at the time, and there were no injuries.

A school bus and car were involved in a minor fender-bender in the Franklin Park area of DeWitt across from 401 Dearfield Road.

The National Weather Service reports snowfall totals ranging from 10 inches south of Buffalo to 12 inches in Oswego.

A total of 6 to 12 inches is expected to fall by Friday morning.

For details on local conditions, including hourly forecasts, satellite and radar images and a cold and flu index, see the syracuse.com Weather page.

Dennis Nett / The Post-StandardSyracuse rescue and firefighters look at the damage after a Centro bus crashed into a utility pole near the corner of DeWitt and James streets. The bus had no passengers and as the bus sign suggests, was not in service.